This is Patti Smith

This is happening now A pilgrims sack PopUp with @michiganmanhattan @thegreatfrogldn Please visit. Say Hi to Jesse Paris Smith

This is saying thank you Brighton. Photo: @tony.shanahan.33

PATTI SMITH X TGF SOHO: We’ve got an exclusive pop-up to celebrate punk legend Patti Smith at The Great Frog’s flagship Soho store this Saturday 12-4pm! Hosted by musician, activist and Patti Smith’s daughter @michiganmanhattan we’ve got some super limited signed merch including designs from the 50th anniversary of Horses, as well as new items specially designed for this week's shows in Brighton and the pop-up this weekend at The Great Frog. ⁠ ⁠ Everything was designed by Jesse Paris Smith and Patti Smith, and the 'Fuck the Clock' tee is based on a DIY design famously worn by Patti in the 70s. Designs feature handwritten lyrics, words, and photographs of an original article and wheat paste promo from when Horses was first released in 1975. One of the tote bags shows an original polaroid of the gravestone of William Blake, along with handwritten lyrics. ⁠ ⁠ Everything was designed with love and hand screen-printed locally in Cardiff, Wales by the team at TJP Tours, headed up by Adam Smith. A limited batch of William Blake tote bags and Horses lyric tees were hand SIGNED by Patti this week at the Brighton Dome. ⁠ ⁠ Stock is VERY limited, make sure you arrive early!⁠ ⁠ The Great Frog ⁠ 10 Ganton Street ⁠ London ⁠ W1F 7QR ⁠ 12-4pm

This is expressing gratitude to Jack Douglas for all that I learned and experienced working on PSG’s Radio Ethiopia with him. I am so sad at his passing and send my condolences to his loved ones. 💧🕊️ Photo @lynngoldsmith

This is happy to arrive in Brighton. Walking about, roaming around. See you at the Dome. A favorite place to be.

This is simply admiring the light in Venice, that exists without malice or design.

This is closing in on aspects of the external renderings of the vast internal world of Anish Kapoor.

This is one of the wonders I aquired Saturday at the @nybookfair . I attended with the Fair Ambassador @michiganmanhattan A perfect book for Sunday afternoon. Also waiting for mole, rice and beans.

This is Golden Tempo last to first somehow inspiring.

Join us TOMORROW morning, Saturday 11am in the Colonel’s Room at @parkavearmory for a presentation surrounding the revolutionary power of the book, written word, and various forms of graphic art. There will be individual ‘show and tell’ presentations from @nybookfair exhibitors and experts, as well as readings and performance from Patti Smith and Jesse Paris Smith. Jesse Paris Smith @michiganmanhattan Patti Smith @thisispattismith Nicholas Lowry @nicholowry Sunday Steinkirchner @bbrarebooks George Sirrakos @walnutstreetpaper Tara Scott @taralyonscott Kim Schwenk @luxmentis Oliver Yarwood @shaperorarebooks Kate Mitas @katemitasbooks Come spend your morning with us, and continue the afternoon with an exploration of the book fair! Seats for our program are first come, first served, so be sure to arrive early. We look forward to seeing you!! 📚 Hosted by the fair’s Founding Ambassador Jesse Paris Smith, this presentation will explore how writers, artists, and thinkers have responded to injustice through books, poetry, graphic art, and visual culture. Drawing on material presented by exhibitors at this year’s fair, discussions will trace connections between historic works of protest and contemporary cultural expression, examining both direct resistance and more surreal or absurdist responses to moments of crisis. More information available at @nybookfair and at the NY Antiquarian Book Fair website. See you tomorrow!

This is wishing everyone a happy Independent Bookstore Day. We are writers and readers. This is with @neliobiedermann , the author of the wondrous new book, Lazar. Writers, readers, now friends. Photos by @michiganmanhattan

Happy Earth Day!!🌎 🌱💚🫂 APRIL is Earth Month and Poetry Month, and today is EARTH DAY. As part of our annual recognition of this time and day, we honor our planet and the written word with a day of poetry and music celebrating nature, ancestry, and our roles within it all. Please join us at the @elizabethstreetgarden for a very special gathering beginning today at 5pm. Jesse Paris Smith Rosanna Arquette Kerri Schlottman Rob Arnold Osei Essed Dawn Delikat Rashidah Ismaili UGBA Richard Landau Deborah Jack Alana Amram Ari Gold Kirsten Shu-ying Chen We will have tea from @cafeintegral and a seed giveaway from @bentleyseeds . So please arrive early, explore the garden, find a seat, and celebrate earth day with us all. Thank you, everyone! Beautiful poster by @danielkondo